Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-28

convention TO receive Dallas commit
tee in Fort Worth. Editors are gentle
men, and could not refuse to do this, and
appointed committee to meet the Dali
las committee. At the conference be-
tween these two committees every editor
who spoke did so in opposition to any &C.
ceptance Of this second invitation,
as it would be discourtesy to
their hosts. 1t was urged by these edi-
tors that Dallas had twice entertained
the association and no effort was made
by Fort Worth to mar the pleasure OF the
occasions by an intrusion Of the rivalry
between the cities; and it was while this
conference was in session that the people
of Fort Worth heard OF the affair and be-
came indignaL- at the presence of Dali
las committee in this city.
Among the virtues that Dallas has as
sumed to itself is that of common
decency, and up to this time THE GA
zETTE has not been disposed to
deny that much to the town.
Had Dallas waited until the editors were
outside of Fort Worth and then sent q
second invitation by telegraph to Gaines
vile or to some other point on the line of
the excursion there would have been no
thought Of that city's insane desire to
obliterate from the mind of Texas editors
all pleasant recollections of Fort Worth
by feast gotten up regardless of cost
not so much to honor the editors as 80
dishonor Fort Worth.
THE GAZETTE uses plain language, and
the occasion justifes it, for it must
not be forgotten that the editors
had already accepted an Invitation
to go to Dallas, to which no man dreamed
of objection; but Dallas was so afraid
the editors of Texas would say q good
word for Fort Worth that it was resolved
to ignore all self-decency, all respect for
the editors and all justice to Fort Worth,
guests by the arm and abjectly implore
them to come over to Dallas and drink and
eat until all thought of Fort Worth had
been lost in magnIfcence of entertain
ment provided through hate of Fort
Worth as well as through love for the ed
itOrs. TIE motives of men can only be
judged by their actions, and this supple
mentary invitation through a committee
signified no more and no less than the
craving of Dallas to use the editors of
Texas TO its own purposes. When the
fsCt is recalled that Dallas invited the
teachers of Texas to meet in that city and
then left the teachers utterly unattended
ana forced to provide their own hall, it
will be seen that it is the difference be
tween newspaper and feruIe and not
for Dallas.
THE GAZETTE is not sorry that Dallas
did this thing. TIE methods of that
town, thanks to the brazen mendacity
Of its own press, will now be-
come as apparent to all papers and peo-
pie in the state as they have ever been to |
The GAZETTE. And some OF THE GA
zETTE's own people will perhaps learn !
hat Dallas hates Fort Worth with the |
same hatred to-day that prompted the |
quarantine in 1855, and that was born
Of the right which Fort Worth possessed |
md which Fort Worth has exercised of |
growing up into rival that could not be |
out of existence, nor quaraa-
lined out of the world, nor beaten down /
lor kept back by any meanness of which
even Dallas is capable.
THE GAZETTE mas been silent on this .
natter, and only speaks now bpcsase .
Dallas papers seek to impose upon people .
Who were not here and acqua;n-et. .
With the facts and to lay upon For.
Worth the responsibility for very oisa-
yreeable episode. The pleasure OF our
people was marred by the intrusion o. the
'ivalry between Dallas and Fort Worth
n such manner; they were forced bv tn
ndecency of Dallas into it, just as g'gE
GAZETTE is now forced by Dallas papers
% speak the truth about this matter.